Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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y 3 5 5 ' ' N' Qs sf 9 . sl T I 'Q 1 5' Just joking. Senior Paul Crow is hooked up to a lie detector as an experiment in psychology. Playing doctor. Trey Edwards cheeks Patil Rebsumen's temperature during a liirst grade study oi hospitals. 5 , Q xii I -G gisfllm . X l . A V V, . 1 ,.. C For the birds. At Christmas Mrs. Nancy Massey's third grade class left a present for the birds in the Courtyard. Jason Reed helps decorate the edible Christmas tree with popcorn strings. eranberries and peanut hutter coated pinecones. I Keying up for success. Sophomore Cindy laekett works hard to complete an assignment in typing, Students found that seeing is ith the hands and not the eyes was not easy, Ilands On

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Hands ln psychologyfsociology the class was allowed to experiment with a lie detector. Gary Gingrich, who was in the class, said, Paul, who was the experiementee, was embarrassed, but it wasn't too bad because he had his back to the class. Another form of hands on experience was in the business classes like typing. Although it might not be apparent, typing did take skill. While some students took a whole period for one page, Katherine Blackmon could whip out five. Katherine said, l learned when l was real little when I typed on my daddy's typewriter. ln the art department Mrs. Kit Faulk tried to drill into her left brained students how to draw with the right side of their brains. Not an easy process. But most students enjoyed her class, like Jeanne Vogel, who said, You just never know what to expect. Although it took many forms-making feely boxes and bird feeders, playing doctor, decorating trees, taking lie detector tests, making butter and raising chickens- students of all ages enjoyed a break from books. 'Q gt .., 4 50! Academics

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Pickin' and grinnin'. First graders take a break from reading. writing and arithmetic as Ho Dunlap entains thcm by playing his guitar. Jammin' Jeff. Junior Jeff Gingrich plays lead guitar with Feedback. The band not only performed for their exam grade. but also competed in thc Variety Show, played for an FBLA dance and entertained at the Miss P.A. Pageant. Boo who? Attircd in costumes fashioned from Mom's discarded sheets. fourth graders get ready for their performance of Witch's Brew. 'ts Ii It i , fi , I i .N ' I What an act to follo 521 Academics Even though P.A. students spent most of their day buried in books. aspiring performers found plenty ofoutlets for their talents. Singers. dancers. actors. jugglers, musicians and comedians all added variety to the daily routine. Mrs. Elaine Harris, choral director. required all of her students to perform for an exam grade. Since I teach performance classes, I thought it best to have the students perform for their grades rather than take a 'fy Q 'A fill - I It ki B written test. she said. Most of her students liked the idea. Jimmy Mulhollan, freshman, whojuggled for his exam grade. explained how he started his unusual hobby. My parents took a trip. and they brought me back a book called Juggling for the Complete Klutz, so I taught myself to juggle. I read a poem. said senior Shawn Camp. I liked it because lgot a grade from my performance and not a flat out 'A'.